Panic! At The Disco Turns Westboro Baptist Church Protest Into Fundraiser For Love

When Panic! At The Disco heard that Westboro Baptist Church protesters were planning on picketing their concert in Kansas City, Missouri, over the weekend, the glam-rockers decided to turn the protestors’ display of hate into a fundraiser for love.

On Sunday, the band told its 660,000-plus Twitter followers that for every WBC protester that showed up, Panic would donate $20 to Human Rights Campaign, an LGBT advocacy group.

Today @WBCSays is going to picket us. For every member of WBC that actually shows up we will donate $20 to @HRC#pride2014

In the end, 13 Westboro Baptist Church protesters picketed Panic's Sunday concert, bearing signs with phrases like “God Hates Fag Enablers” and “God Hates Sluts.” The quasi-religious group, which last week released a homophobic parody of one of the band's hit songs, added on Twitter that picketers were joined by “myriads of angels.”

The Westboro Baptist Church first gained national notice at the funeral of Matthew Shepard who had been robbed, brutally beaten and left to die in Laramie, Wyoming.

The Westboro Baptist Church threatened to picket Steve Jobs' funeral but called it off when the memorial service was held privately.

The Westboro Baptist Church picketed Elizabeth Edwards' funeral after she died of cancer.

The Westboro Baptist Church protested Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder after he had died serving his country in Iraq. The protest of the hate group went all the way to the Supreme Court.

While it is not clear that the hate group ever got there they declared their intent in this charming YouTube Video staring the head hater himself who tells the people of Norway -- God Sent the Shooter. Read more about it here.

The Westboro Baptist Church protested the Illinois Holocaust Museum on the eve of Rosh Hashanah

The Westboro Baptist Church picketed the funerals of victims of Tucson shootings. They agreed not to picket the 9 year old Christina Taylor Green in exchange for air time on a local radio show.

Westboro Baptist Church picketed the funeral of recording artist Michael Jackson. Members of Westboro have also recorded a song titled "God Hates the World," an adaptation of Jackson's charity single, "We Are the World."

The Westboro Baptist Church protested in tornado devastated Joplin, Missouri when President Obama visited.